Filter.



W. E. GORTON.

ULTER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.10.1914\ 1,154,5e7.

Patented Sept. 2l, 1915.

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FILTER.

To all whom it may concern.' y

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. GoR'roN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Filters, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in filters, designed primarily for washing or standard 10 connects the ends 8 and 9, the

purifying air delivered to a lter under pressure.

y The main object of the present invention is the provision of a filtery adapted to beV larly to the accompanying drawings,` inwhich Y Figure 1 is a perspectiveshowing` the improvement, Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the filter.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, the improved filter comprises a main chamber 1 in the form of a pipe con- A duit supported upon a suitable base 2, the conduit being extended to form an inlet chamber 3, closed against communication with the chamber 1 through the conduit. The air or other fluid to be cleansed is admitted from a pressure tank (not shown) through a check valve 4, and a stop cock 5 to the chamber 3, said chambers 3 and 1 being in communication through a vertically arranged loop formed stand pipe 6, the respective ends of which are in direct communication with the respective chambers.

A filter proper comprises a cylinder 7 preferably of glass supported between ends 8 and 9, the latter forming the bottom of the filter and being connected directly to the conduit forming the main chamber 1. A

lower portion of the standard being wholly and in direct communication with the cham ber 1, the hollow portion ofthe standard within the casing 7 being formed with a series of annually disposed ports or comparatively minute openings 11. The relatively upper portion of the standard is also hollow and formed *with a series of inlet ports Specification 0f Lettrsitf- Patented Slept. 12915..Y rApplicationiueafaprn1o, 191:41, 'sealadas-Leal. Y' i 'Voropenings 12 to admit air to the interior of they standard near the upper end ofthe or s'r.- Josnrr, ivrissouar, Ass'renonoii loi\1rE.-J:I;ALI,iro.winniAM` Vr. HOFFMAN., ori-sr. JOSEPH, MISSOURI. f-

casing'a-nd this portion of the standard is l of the casing 7 a second baffle plate 16 ben ing also supported from the standard above the plate 15 but below the openings 12, the n space 17 included between the plate 16 and the top ofthe filter proper comprising an air chamber.

The top 8 of the filter is provided with a v filling opening or pipe 18 having a cap 19, and an outlet pipe 20 controlled by a stop cock 21 communicates with the chamber 1 below the filter.

In use, the air or other rfluid under pressure is admitted to the chamber 1, flowing through the loop standard 6. Such fluid or air is delivered tothe filter proper in aseries of fine streams through the openings 11, which streams are deflectedv and broken up by the plate 15, during their passage through the cleansing fluid contained within the casing below the plate 16. The fiuid to be cleaned finds its way around the edges of the bafiie plate 16 into the chamber 17 and to thedelivery pipe through the opening 12.

It is noted of course that the eXtreme upper portion of the loop standard 6 is on ar plane above the eXtreme upper limit of the filter proper, so that the backwardflow of vthe cleansing fluid into the chamber 3 is prevented.

In placing the cleansing fluid within the filter proper, the stop cocks 5 and 14 are closed. the cap 19 removed and the cleansing fluid delivered to the casing to a point approximating the height ofthe baffle plate, whereupon the stop cocks are again opened and the filter is ready for use. The cleansing fluid can be removed by closing the stop cocks 5, 14, opening stop cock 21 and admitting air by opening the filling aperture.

What is claimed is In a device of the character described, in combination, Aa stand, a cylindrical shell, a cover closing one end of said shell, a pipe depending from the bottom of said coverand projecting centrally land vertically into n said shell, said pipe terminating short of ing connection with said pipewheieby tov clamp said covers tight, anintegral hollow plecev formed upon said bottom cover,l means for conducting air into said hollow piece,

10 said stub having a channel communicating with said hollow piece and having air-ejecting ports, said pipe having ports at its upper end, and a series ofhorizontal baiies of varying. diameters formed upon said pipe.

In testimony whereof I a'x my signature in presence of two witnesses. n XVILLIAM E. GORTON.

Witnesses:

v, JAMES W. PoTTs,

HoMER A. OsBoRN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ivey cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofl Patents,

' Y Washington, D, C. 

